Private Equity
Liquid Web, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, has appointed Amar Patel as head of global sales and solutions. Previously, Patel worked at Rackspace where he served as vice president of global sales. Based in Lansing, Michigan, Liquid Web is a web-hosting and managed cloud-services provider.
3 min read · 19 October 2016
CRG has named Adam Whitehead as vice president of investor relations. Previously, Whitehead worked at Crestone Capital Advisors where he served as a senior investment analyst.
2 min read · 19 October 2016
Warburg Pincus has appointed Thomas Carella as a managing director for its healthcare and consumer group. In his new role, Carella will identify, evaluate and execute healthcare investments as well as work with the firm's current healthcare portfolio. Previously, Carella worked at Goldman Sachs where he served as a managing director in its merchant banking division and was global head of the unit's private equity activities in the healthcare sector.
2 min read · 19 October 2016
Zafin said Oct. 18 that Nancy Langer has joined as President and Chief Operating Officer. Langer was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer for Fidelity National Information Services. Zafin is backed by Kayne Partners.
2 min read · 19 October 2016
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has appointed Nicole Musicco as senior vice-president, public equities, effective as of January 1, 2017. Musicco is currently regional managing director, Asia Pacific, overseeing OTPP's investment activity in the region. She joined the Canadian pension fund in 2002 and served as vice-president in its private equity group, Teachers' Private Capital. Musicco played a key role in establishing OTPP's Hong Kong office in 2013.
2 min read · 18 October 2016
D.A. Davidson & Co. has promoted Monte Giese to president of its equity capital markets group. Giese first joined the investment firm in 1995.
2 min read · 18 October 2016
This week's opportunities include private equity-related leadership roles at Amazon's cloud computing division and East West Bank.
2 min read · 17 October 2016
Canadian private equity firm Altas Partners has hired Damon Conway as a principal, a spokesperson for the firm told PE Hub. Prior to joining Altas, Conway was a vice president at Mill Road Capital, a U.S. private equity firm. He also previously worked at Onex Corp and CIBC World Markets. Toronto-based Altas, founded in 2012 by former Onex Managing Director Andrew Sheiner, raised US$1 billion for Altas Partners Holdings LP in May.
1 min read · 17 October 2016
European tech growth capital investor 3TS Capital Partners has opened a new office in Washington, D.C. and named Sever Totia as partner to head U.S. operations. Most recently, Totia was a partner at Edison Partners.
3 min read · 17 October 2016
Social Solutions Global, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, has named Kristin Nimsger as CEO. Previously, Nimsger was CEO of MicroEdge. Baltimore-based Social Solutions Global is a provider of impact and performance management software for human services.
3 min read · 17 October 2016
